4 officials told NBC News that rally-goers first spotted the suspicious person pacing and behaving strangely, near metal detectors and flagged local police officers.
Republican Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs, known for his extreme rhetoric, claimed without evidence that the FBI is part of a plot to kill the former president.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Republican state legislator known for his outlandish and offensive statements is claiming that the FBI was behind the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
State Rep. Scott Bottoms did not offer any evidence to support the claim, which he made last Sunday from the pulpit of his Church at Briargate, where he is the lead pastor. “I’m not talking about the Democratic Party,” Bottoms said. “I’m talking about the people that are controlling our country. The people that have been controlling the FBI, controlling the State Department.”
Bottoms said the only reason the FBI plot didn’t kill Trump is because the former President is protected by God. Bottoms claimed, without evidence, that the November presidential election will not be held if Trump is not killed by then. “We’re not gonna have a presidential election,” Bottoms said. “If he’s still alive and he’s not in jail, we’re not gonna have an election.” ” the Jan. 6 insurrectionists into attacking the U.S. Capitol, in an interview where he also repeated QAnon conspiracy theories.
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